The Internet and cell phone pornography bill
Difficult choices and their consequences are what we learn from, and removing choices can make children more difficult to protect – simply because part of what you are doing by limiting choice is turning adults into children, and thereby making your problem larger.
On JZ’s call for a national dialogue on “our moral code”
Why is Zuma suddenly interested in discussing South Africa’s “moral code” – is it the transparent attempt at deflection it appears to be? And who should be involved in the discussion?
Forgive him if you like, but Jacob Zuma should resign
Placed alongside rape trials, dodgy arms-deal allegations, shady friends, financial mismanagement, reckless sexual behaviour in a country blighted by HIV/AIDS, the most recent Zuma scandal adds to the evidence of a lack of sound judgement, and a poor awareness of voter interests.
Moral clarity and the threat of the NILC
Today’s edition of the Mail and Guardian carries a disturbing article about the growing influence of religious groups – in particular Ray McCauley’s National Interfaith Leadership Council – on South Africa’s Government. Ever since the unlikely figure of Jacob Zuma launched the Moral Regeneration Movement, thinking South Africans should have been concerned about how much [...]
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